Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-17
JOHN BRIGHT ON wAps



:, MIR. Bright presided at thu Fr;.ua...
e'i'g house. in st. Martins lana
~hero large audience had .ssa.,.,,
~ near a lecture by Mr.. William
so" ~, member Of the Peace SOCIETY
v in Inc Late Panic in Europe. and
80 49, LESSONS. At the conclusion Of
the lecture John Bright said:
with regard to this question %
peace we are really as far off as an.
'oreiathers were, and nearly &C.,.
ase ana barbarous. A Frenct, state.
""' y member OF the French cham.
oer' sad, speaking OF England and H.
'ofe'gn policy, that we were in a STAT
o' peace soothed by OCCASIONAL actso
r !, lLaughter.l That phrase =
:; 'aree extent describes the cond,tio,,
- when our country has teen dur;,,,
sne whole reign OF the queen. sirRoh
81: Feel rs the only practical nasca
ing munster have known in near
,oi es-,our years have been in tic
house ot commons, and 7 racoiiaas
tle solemnity and almost tbe cn;o;
y" "isn wh'ca he addressed the house
commons on one occasion whom
s''ere were differences with the JJnifed
states, WHICH differences were Tort
Haoeiy arranged. and peace was nrs.
served, Now, how many wars i % =,
we had during the queens reign? W.
nave had war in New Zealand. and T
Tecohect clergyman Of the Church ~
L Laislhha Telling me how shocked and
'lortitea ms someone CT the officers
e:he't1ed-was on one occasion az see.
ing The dead body OF New Zealand
woman VINO had been killed fj,htipa
oy the side OF her husband or he,.
n'o.uef, against us, in q war in which
liiap oillcer WAS Obliged to admit
that the New Zealandars were entira.
y right and we were entirely wron,
we have had three wars IN cbina
" haa Zulu war not long ago, made
absolutely by man without anyor-
ders from this country, q man who
protested to be really influenced bv
the Christian faith and religion. That
cost us a great many English lives
ana we destroyed the Zulu nation. at
the same time brining confusion into
that part OF South Africa. We haze
nad Send war, in which one OF the
Aaplers was concerned, a warrior which
he mad not the sligl test Justification
or instruction from this country
linen there was the great Sikh war.
by which the Punjaub was annexed
TO the English dominion in India
inere were also two Afghan wars. for
winch there was not a particle OF Jus.
tlhcatlon, IN one of which q whole
English army was destroyed. We
heard during Mr.. Jones' address some
thing about the cruelty to animals in
war. Now. in the last Afghan warno
Tess than 60. 900 camels were DESTROY
ed. You can easily imagine what they
must have suffered, to say nothing of
the suffering OF the Afghans and In
dians, who must have suffered epor.
mously also. Then we have had three
burmese wars, the second of which |
recolIect was got upon pretenses abso-
lutely fraudulent and scandalous.
Then we come to the Crimean war
the really big war OF our time, though
1t did not last very long. But as to
It's severity and the mortality caused
by 1t no man 3 able TO make an ac-
cnrate computation. A book written
b. a French general, who lately visit
ed the Crimea in connection with the
cemeteries there, estimates that the
bodies OF 100000 men are lying there.
| believe the Russians alone buried
more than 100000 on the north side
OF Sebastopol, and the $50, 900 does
not include the vast number OF
Turks who died in hospital at
Scutari, or tie tens OF thousands of
Russians who died in their long march
es II ON the north to re-enforce their
army at sebastopol. Kina.ake, in his
history, estimates that one million
men lost their lives in that struggle
a number about equal to every adult
man i'll this vast city OF London. And
what were al! these lives sacrificed for?
Absolutely nothing whatever. because
the only apparent result was a slight
limitation put upon the Russian GOV
eminent with regard to its future fleet
in the Black sea, and that was surren-
dered the moment the E'ranco-German
war broke out; for the emperor OF
Russia knew that England herself
could not insist on the continuan, OF
the limitations. There was meet
ing OF statesmen, as they are called. in
this city and the limitation was with.
drawn, aud Russia is now Just as free
in every respect as she was before the
Crimean war. Since then we have lad
a hrtle ofwhat is called military opera
tons in Egypt. twas not war, because
war was never declared, but we made
war, notwithstanding, Oh country
with which We were VIGOROUSLY and
at peace. The lombard
ment OF Alexandria was a sort OF
peace which the public OF this country
nave not been enthusiastic about
The French fleet left and would have
nothing to do with 1t. The admiral
and all the fleet were furious when they
thought the Egyptians were gong to
surrender. and that there would BE- no
fighting. You will find that in the blue
books and in the newspapers. The
took place. nGmner
OF people were killed, the city was
partly burned down, and then
they followed the war into
the Soudan, during which, at the low,
est calculation, from 10, 900 to 5o,ooo
ives were lost. once proposed that
the foreign office should he burnt dow
ma it would be very good thing Il
MI its treaties we've burned WIN
i. Conceive the cost OF tne
wars that have occurred within
he reicn OF the queen. Go back
l,rther. to the first beginning OF